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The followers went into the town, found a colt tied in the street near the door of a house, and untied it.
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Some people were standing there and asked, "What are you doing? Why are you untying that colt?"
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The followers answered the way Jesus told them to answer, and the people let them take the colt.
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They brought the colt to Jesus and put their coats on it, and Jesus sat on it.
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Many people spread their coats on the road. Others cut branches in the fields and spread them on the road.
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The people were walking ahead of Jesus and behind him, shouting, "Praise God! God bless the One who comes in the name of the Lord!
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God bless the kingdom of our father David! That kingdom is coming!
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Jesus entered Jerusalem and went into the Temple. After he had looked at everything, since it was already late, he went out to Bethany with the twelve apostles.
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The next day as Jesus was leaving Bethany, he became hungry.
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Seeing a fig tree in leaf from far away, he went to see if it had any figs on it. But he found no figs, only leaves, because it was not the right season for figs.
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So Jesus said to the tree, "May no one ever eat fruit from you again." And Jesus' followers heard him say this.